CBI Presents its IT Restructuring for Utilities Conference.Energy Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003 The Center for Business Intelligence is proud to announce its IT Restructuring for Utilities Conference, February 12-13, 2004, in Houston, TX. Today's utility IT leaders at all levels are faced with the fundamental challenge of how to reduce IT costs, become more efficient, deliver quality product faster and yet still provide a robust computing infrastructure that meets aggressive customer service levels. CBI's IT Restructuring for Utilities Conference highlights how utilities are using enterprise application integration (EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. ) tools, ASP models, outage management/SCADA systems, Web services/wireless technology and IT portfolio management to integrate technologies, coordinate procedures and optimize utility enterprise-wide systems. The conference features the following: -- Choose from Two Comprehensive, Pre-Conference Workshops -- A. Restructure IT Systems to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Regulations B. Mergers and Acquisitions -- Execute an Efficient IT Integration Process -- Keynote Address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. -- "Build a State of the Art, Real-time Market with Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Tools." Ken Fell, Chief Information and Technology Officer, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. -- CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. Perspectives -- "Merging IT Staff from De-centralized to a Centralized IT Department" Grace Martinez, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, El Paso Corporation "Budgeting for IT System Integration - Business and IT Alignment" Karen Mincey, Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, TECO Energy Plus, benchmark the efficiency of your IT system against 13 restructuring solutions, including 6 case studies from Southern Company, AmerenUE, JEA JEA Journalism Education Association JEA Jacksonville Electric Authority JEA Journal of Egyptian Archaeology JEA Jamaica Exporters Association JEA Jackson Energy Authority (Jackson, Tennessee) , PacifiCorp, Saluda River Electric Cooperative and Alabama Power Company Alabama Power Company is a company in the southern United States that provides electricity service to 1.3 million homes, businesses, and industries in the southern two-thirds of Alabama. It is one of four U.S. . Join an outstanding group of industry professionals at the only independent forum where utility executives get the information they need to make informed judgments when undergoing an IT restructuring process. To register, or for more information, contact Steve Ebeling, P: 781-939-2419 or e-mail s.ebeling@cbinet.com. Please mention priority code, PB423PR. Get the complete agenda at http://www.cbinet.com/events/PB423/index.html |
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